Speckled Bush Cricket

A stacked shot of Leptophyes punctatissima, to give him his Sunday name. 11 images to cover the range.

He (it is male - TMI you might say) is one of many that have appeared all over the house, interior and exterior. It must just be their time of year.

[KWind]

Great close up shot! It's very detailed!

[Diana]

Incredible image and fabulous details. Never seen or heard of this one before. Hope it does not bite 😉

[Sue Rose]

Wow, he looks very interesting. Great close up.

[Ladoga]

I also have not seen him before at all, and especially so close :)

[Christine]

Interesting insect.

[Valerie Chesney]

Great detail....I don't know this one.

[Wylie]

nice focus stack.

[Catherine P]

Spectacular close up

[Graham Harcombe]

@kwind @ludwigsdiana @suesmith @ladoga365 @chris17 @happysnaps @pusspup @cmp Thanks folks. It's fun to play with stacking. With an aperture of f2.8 on my 35mm prime it has a depth of field of only a couple millimetres so the challenge is there. I hand held the camera set on high speed multiple shots and gently moved towards the cricket. The images are then stacked in Helicon Focus 6.